Simplified segmented magnetic coil assembly for generating a toroidal magnetic field and the method of making same
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Description
Disclosed is a segmented toroidal field coil for use in a tokamak-type reactor and a method for forming the coil. Each toroidal field coil winding is segmented into two or more segments with a connection means provided at the end of each segment for electrically connecting the segments together and for joining consecutive adjacent segments. The coil segments are electrically conducting and will, therefore, induce a toroidal magnetic field when its feed points are connected to a power source. The toroidal field coil of the present invention maximizes heat flow from the plasma region of the reactor to the external blanket by eliminating bulky crossover connections from coil to coil that could otherwise restrict the heat flow. The present invention discloses a simple and efficient method for forming a toroidal field coil assembly that eliminates costly final machining such as precision twisting
Availability note (English)
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- v p.
- IPC:
- Int. Cl. H01F 7/22.
- IPC
- Int. Cl. H01F 7/22.
- Patent number
- US patent document 4,472,344/A/
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16062514
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; HEAT TRANSFER; JOINING; MAGNET COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ANNULAR SPACE; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFIGURATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Notes
- PAT-APPL-336063.